WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to a study by InsideGov and Morning Consult, Alabama Senator Richard Shelby is one of the country’s most popular Senators. InsideGov used data from a survey of 62,000 registered voters conducted by political site Morning Consult to rank the top 25 most popular senators in the U.S. With a 59% approval […]

Former Gov. Bob Riley arrives for Day8 of #HubbardTrial, greets Speaker Mike Hubbard at the door. #alpolitics pic.twitter.com/WvoLp26flD — Lauren Walsh (@LaurenWalshTV) June 3, 2016 When then-President Bill Clinton was confronted about the truthfulness of his Grand Jury testimony that “there is nothing going on between” him and Monica Lewinsky, Clinton famously replied, “It depends […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Once again, the Federal Government is considering housing illegal immigrant minors in two Alabama military institutions. The sites currently under consideration are the Naval OutLying Field (NOLF) in Silverhill and the NOLF in Orange Beach. The sites are currently being evaluated by the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the Department of Health […]

DECATUR, Ala. — Roughly 100,000 Alabama residents got an alarming warning Thursday when they were told to not drink the tap water in their homes because it may be hazardous to their health. The West Morgan East Lawrence Water and Sewer Authority told their customers that the local water supply may have been contaminated with […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Court documents filed by an attorney for Rebekah Mason, Governor Robert Bentley’s former senior political advisor and mistress, for the first time reference ongoing investigations into possible criminal wrongdoing stemming from their inappropriate relationship. Gov. Bentley and Mrs. Mason were both named as defendants in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a rare 8-0 decision that has been called a victory for property rights and significant blow to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers infamous “Waters of the United States” rule (WOTUS). The “Waters of the United […]

OPELIKA, Ala. — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley testified in House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s corruption trial on Wednesday, telling the jury the speaker met with him to discuss “economic development projects” that would benefit his business clients. The governor said he believed at the time Hubbard was acting in his official capacity as speaker of the […]

NEW YORK, NY – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump said Tuesday that Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is indeed on his short list of potential vice presidential running mates. “Jeff Sessions is certainly somebody I would consider,” Trump said at a news conference in New York. Sessions has been rumored to be a […]

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan, the highest ranking Republican elected official in the country, continues to hold out on endorsing presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) says it is time for the speaker to board the Trump Train as it steamrolls toward a general election showdown with Hillary […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) says he would consider being Donald J. Trump’s running mate, if the billionaire real estate tycoon asked him to serve as vice president. Sessions told The Daily Caller Friday he does not expect to be asked, but added, “If I could help him in some way — and he […]

WINNERS The Prosecution Lead prosecutor Matt Hart’s investigative methods throughout the grand jury proceedings and lead up to the trial wandered into ethical and legal gray areas that threatened to taint the entire years-long ordeal, but his team’s performance in the first week of the trial has been strong. Hart & Co. clearly did their […]

WASHINGTON – The tension between LGBT activists and religious freedom supporters reached a boiling point again this week, with an Alabama congressman right in the middle of it all. The U.S. House of Representatives has been debating the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill – one of twelve spending bills that Congress must pass each year. […]

OPELIKA, Ala. — Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s former top staffer delivered emotional — and potentially damning — testimony Wednesday in the speaker’s ethics trial, asserting that Hubbard’s actions in office made him worry that “Mike may end up in some sort of legal trouble.” Hubbard’s former chief of staff Josh Blades detailed two particular […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has joined an 11-state legal challenge to the Obama administration’s order that schools must allow students access to restrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their “gender identity” rather than their sex, or lose federal funding. According to a release from the Alabama Attorney General’s office, Alabama joined 10 other states in […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers (R-AL3) took Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator Peter Neffenge to task during a committee hearing Wednesday over the issue of the gross inefficiencies at airport screening stations. “With Memorial Day approaching, one of the busiest travel times of the year, and the recent news reports of the never-ending […]

WASHINGTON — Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL4) is taking a strong stance against an amendment to the House 2017 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill that he believes could severely restrict the gun rights of law-abiding American citizens. “America’s Bill of Rights should never be surrendered, but sadly, that’s exactly what some of my colleagues who […]

WASHINGTON — The Donald Trump veepstakes is heating up and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is right in the middle of it, according to the New York Daily News, the country’s fourth-most widely circulated daily newspaper. “Sources said Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions — one of Trump’s earliest supporters… is under consideration,” wrote the Daily News’s Reuven […]

OPELIKA, Ala. — Tuesday was day one of the long-anticipated trial of Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard, who was indicted in October of 2014 on 23 felony counts of using his public office for personal gain. According to an almost two-hour opening statement from the prosecution, Hubbard has made roughly $2.3 million dollars in various […]

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) torched Department of Veterans Affairs Director Robert McDonald on Facebook for saying the VA does not need to calculate the wait times of those it serves. “When you got to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line? Or what’s important? What’s important is, what’s […]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — CJ Small Jr., a city councilman from Mobile, Alabama, was shot in the face on Saturday while visiting South Africa on a business trip. He is currently in stable condition at a hospital in Johannesburg. Small was shot during an ambush and robbery that occurred on a tour bus. The suspects […]

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com (Video above: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) discusses Trump on Fox News Sunday) WASHINGTON — Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is warning gun rights advocates that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would be “the most anti-Second Amendment president perhaps we’ve ever had.” During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, that […]

WASHINGTON — The GOP-controled United States House of Representatives has voted to restrict Confederate flag displays at national cemeteries over the objections of the vast majority of Republicans, including Alabama’s delegation. Alabama’s lone Democrat, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL7) supported the measure, while the state’s six Republicans were opposed. The bill ultimately passed 265-159, with 84 […]

Alabama is one of the worst-run states in the country, according to a new ranking by 24/7 Wall St. For many Alabamians this may not come as too much of a surprise. The national attention the state has received in recent months has revolved around the scandals currently engrossing the heads of all three branches […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Retired military veterans can now obtain an Alabama concealed carry permit free of charge, thanks to a bill signed into law by Governor Robert Bentley (R-Ala.). According to a press release sent out by the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, HB59, sponsored by state Representative David Standridge (R-Hayden), “will allow […]